What is your favorite Philip Seymour Hoffman role?

[ButterflyBlood]

It's kind of hard because he really stole the spotlight in everything he was in. Even if it was a minor part, like The Ides of March.

I'm going to have say in Charlie Wilson's War did he shine best. The Savages is also pretty underrated. I advise everyone to check that one out. Synecdoche, New York also deserves mention for a very emotional jarring role.

[KeepItReal]

1. 25th Hour

A Spike Lee Joint.

He and Edward Norton crushed it.

[Recursion]

7. Man, that's a good movie

Norton's farewell speech is absolutely epic, but PSH's performance was amazing, too.

[edbermac]

2. Capote, I have that on tape and will watch again.

I'm old enough to remember seeing the real Capote on TV talk shows and PSH was brilliant in that role.

Damn!

[BlancheSplanchnik]

46. great great movie. amazing performance.

sigh…

[AnneD]

56. I thought the same thing....

the layered performance he gave does not easily go away. I was in awe after watching it.

He was so good in a subtle way. I never realized the extent of his work until the newspapers started listing them. We are the poorer for his loss.

[JonLP24]

3. Capote and Doubt

As far as performance goes I go with Capote but best movie with him in it is Doubt. Great acting performances all around.

[Recursion]

9. He was amazing in doubt but the whole movie was just perfect

It's almost hard for me to call that one of his best -- not because he was at all bad, but because for once the whole ensemble was as good as he was. Maybe that's unfair.

[JonLP24]

12. I thought Streep was incredible

The actress in that one short scene was outstanding. It was a film that helped me realize Amy Adams is really good in the roles I've seen her in. She was also in another film with Hoffman in The Master which had great acting all around but it bored me to tears.

Doubt is so unlike anything in Hollywood in that they don't spell things out for you. There were so many underlying themes that the question whether he is guilty or not was often secondary to the story. Streep is this old school authoritarian who is against "Frosty the Snowman" which would normally be unlikeable but her character comes off as complex and sympathetic. The other actors complimented Amy Adams on how well she portrayed someone as innocent.

I expected it to be slow at times just based on the setting but it had me glued like a good thriller.

[OmahaBlueDog]

4. Agree - Charlie Wilson's War

...also, he has a small, but fun part as one of the gang of storm chasers in "Twister"

[TroglodyteScholar]

5. His role in Love Liza was devastatingly believable

I still can't believe he's gone.

But I know that even people who are fans of his haven't seen some of his indie films... so.. Love Liza. So, so real.

[hibbing]

37. Agree...Love Liza

Hey,
Glad to see someone else has actually seen that movie. He is basically the whole movie. I like how you describe his role in that movie, and it was just that.

Peace

[TroglodyteScholar]

48. I'll take a minor exception with "is basically the whole movie."

Jim O'Rourke's soundtrack is wonderful, although I don't think it was ever released.

[hibbing]

50. Fair enough

Hey,
I guess I'll have to get the movie again to hear the soundtrack. Thanks for the heads up, I only saw it once.

Peace

[TroglodyteScholar]

51. All those dreamy/sad guitar songs are Jim

Definitely worth watching again if it was overshadowed by everything else for you the first time around.

[bif]

54. One depressing film

But he was amazing in it.

[Recursion]

6. Talented Mr. Ripley

"The only thing that looks like Dickey here... is you."

[pacalo]

8. That's my choice as well.

I liked him in every role that I've seen him play, but the Freddy Miles character stands out for me.

[TorchTheWitch]

10. that's my favorite as well

Could be though that it was my favorite film of all the ones I've seen that he was in (which admittedly is only a few). I actually didn't like Capote very much though it had nothing to do with his acting... I just wasn't that fond of the film itself. The first time I ever saw him was in The Talented Mr. Ripley and had no idea who he was, but I really liked his acting and thought after seing him in it that he was going to get very popular which I'm glad did turn out to be true.

I also really liked his bit part in Cold Mountain especially the bit about his character's constipation...

"
Veasey(Hoffman): Used to be as regular as morning prayers. Matter of fact I could set my watch by my bowels. That beeswax you fed me, day before yesterday, it stops a man up. Open my gut now they'd find turds stacked up like little black twigs.
"

"
Veasey (Hoffman): Oh God of my God! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Junior: What's up?
Veasey (Hoffman): The Israelites! The tribes of Israel are about to flee from the banks of Egypt! Hallelujah!
Inman (Jude Law): He's got a shit coming on. It's overdue.
"
http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0009335/quotes

[Tom Ripley]

24. The movie was a bit of a mess, but he was perfectly loathsome as Freddie Miles.

[jakeXT]

11. I only remember Capote and Pirate Radio

[Raffi Ella]

29. This one, yeah.

I like him in almost everything he did, he's just a terrific actor, pulls you in but I loved Pirate Radio the movie. Just everything about it was so good and Hoffman was a perfect choice for it.

I just saw him in The Hunger Games. I didn't know he was in the movie until I saw him on screen, he instantly made it a better movie for me. I loved him as an actor, I can't believe he's gone.

[CBGLuthier]

13. It is still Scottie J.

Oh he was wonderful in many roles but I just re-watched Boogie Nights last week and it is still fresh in my mind. It was a brave performance to play such a sad, sloppy character.

I know the next time I watch Magnolia it will be hard. That character, Phil Parma, had so much dignity he was the polar opposite of Scottie J.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

27. So many truly amazing performances -

but Scottie holds a very special place in my heart. When he is first introduced to Dirk and self-consciously pulls down his shirt over his belly -- that little move always breaks my heart. And his longing -- really more of an ache -- when he asks if he could kiss him, man it doesn't get any more wrenching than that.

[kairos12]

14. The Hospice nurse in Magnolia.

[mucifer]

15. Big time. I'm a hospice nurse loved his portrayal.

[kairos12]

17. I am a hospice volunteer. Thanks for your work. It is important.

[Blue_Tires]

30. +1

I loved (hated) him in "Punch Drunk Love"...I swear I wanted to punch his character's face in through the movie screen

[kairos12]

31. That role was my second choice. What a character.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. personal favorite: Flawless with Robert De Niro.

An ultraconservative police officer (DeNiro) suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons - with the drag queen next door.

more at link:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155711/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_39

[BlancheSplanchnik]

38. Oh my god, yes!!!

absolutely loved him in that. I was hooked. I am so so sad………

[Tuesday Afternoon]

39. me too - really did like this man's talent and ability. Honestly, loved him in everything but, this

role, the movie, just touched my heart in a special way. The Range of This Man. My god. Gone too soon. I mourn.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

44. here's a clip

[Tuesday Afternoon]

45. Fucking Fabulous!!

holding his own and even besting DeNiro ... hell yeah. sad.

thanks for posting the clip.

The film needs to be seen.

[Paladin]

18. "Capote" and "Almost Famous" (nt)

[PunkinPi]

19. Agree -- Synecdoche, New York

link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0383028/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_19

[NRaleighLiberal]

20. Gotta mention The Big Lebowski!

[Initech]

34. Ah ha ha ha ha! That's marvelous!

[bigwillq]

21. Boogie Nights (nt)

[pinboy3niner]

22. Go you Huskies!

Not one of his best roles, but State and Main was a fun movie to watch.

[Tom Ripley]

23. Allen in "Happiness" and Scotty J. in "Boogie Nights"

No one could do neediness like that man.

[femmocrat]

25. Good grief... I must be the only person in the country who never heard of him....

or saw any of his movies. I have to get out more.

[Miles Archer]

26. Brandt, no doubt. "Please don't touch that."

Rolling Stone posted an unpublished interview yesterday from 2008 in which Hoffman reflects on Lebowski, it's initial failure at the box office, and its later cult status: http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/philip-seymour-hoffman-looks-back-at-the-big-lebowski-20140202

[DinahMoeHum]

28. Gust Avrakotos in "Charlie Wilson's War"

"Excuse me, what the fuck?"

[Orsino]

32. Well, he was about the best thing in Cold Mountain...

...despite some intermittently good work by the leads.

The absolute best thing might have been Jack White's song.

[rurallib]

33. Grew up Catholic in a parish almost like that in Doubt

and he and Streep made it almost real again.
Capote a close second.

[A HERETIC I AM]

35. The one where he plays a pin cushion.

Too early?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

41. ,,, all the world is a stage ... and

ouch.

[A HERETIC I AM]

43. .....

[Major Nikon]

36. Great scene from Charlie Wilson's War

[lost-in-nj]

40. I loved him

In Twister. For me he made that movie enjoyable. Yes he was awesome in a lot of roles but this one is my favorite... He made a simple guest role into a love able characacter


lost

[nytemare]

42. I think Doubt, and a lesser known animation "Mary and Max"

I just started watching Mary and Max again on Netflix. If you haven't seen it, it is a wonderful little bittersweet animated film.

[nirvana555]

47. Before The Devil Knows You're Dead! OMG... I haven't seen Charlie Wilson's War or

Love Lisa (which I will make a point to see) but the movie I mentioned above is one in which he starred w/Ethan Hawke, Marissa Tomei, and Albert Finney. PSH was nothing short of amazing and the movie is Soooo good (very dark and disturbing).I will miss his talent so very, very much. This has left me heartbroken

[Lil Missy]

49. "Owning Mahowny"

Based on a true story about a compulsive gambler.

[LanternWaste]

52. As Lester Bangs from the film, 'Almost Famous'

As Lester Bangs from the film, 'Almost Famous.' A small role to be sure, but a role which defined the film for me.

[LynneSin]

53. "Boogie Nights" and "Pirate Radio"

Everyone knows "Boogie Nights" - it was Hoffman's breakout movie role!

But he was also great in "Pirate Radio" although it didn't get as much play. If you find it on TV you should watch it. "Pirate Radio" is about the age of Radio in Great Britian during the late 1960s. I guess you couldn't play Rock & Roll on regular radio stations so these ships would moor off the coast of England and broadcast music from there. Hoffman played an American DJ who did the morning show on one of these boats. He channelled a bit of his Lester Bang's part from "Almost Famous" in the part.

[geardaddy]

55. It's hard to pick

Here's one thay I thought was underrated: Jack in Jack Goes Boating.

[davidpdx]

57. I've only seen a handful of movies with him

The most memorable being Patch Adams. Note, this clip doesn't have PSH, but is one of my favorites:

[MrMickeysMom]

58. I'll need to see more of his films...

I always wanted to see Doubt, and frankly, I need to see many others. I became aware of him late because we almost never see first run movies anymore.

[donco]

59. Philip Seymour nt